Improved plate-lifteb



@einen faire @sind @Hita JOHN B. WILLETT, 0F WEST MERIDEN, GNNECTIGUT.

Letters Patent No. 65,460, dated June 4, 1867.

IMPROVED PLATE-METER.

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. WILLETT, of West Meriden, in the countyofNew Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new improvementiii-Plate-Lifter; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying` drawings, and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specication, andrepresent, in-

Figure I, a top view.

Figure 2, a side view; and in Figure 3, a sectional view.

This invention is designed for the purpose of holding hot plates orsimilar utensils, and termed a plate: lifter, and consists in thepeculiar arrangement of three or more hooked arms attached to a lever,so that the hooks may he contracted or expanded to grasp the article;and to enable others to construct and use my improvement, I will proceedto describe thc same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

vA is-the handle, formed from cast metal, its head, B, constructed inthe form of'la bowl, as seen in figs. 2

and 3, through which, at equal distances, are passed arms C, more orless in number, and hinged to the end ofa lever, D, which saidlever hasits fulcrum at a, the other end of the arm C forming hooks 1:, as infig. 2, and the arms curved at the point where they pass through thehead of the handle, so that by depressing the lever D, as denoted inred, g.-2, the hooks will be drawn in or contracted to the eictent alsodenoted in red, tig. 2.

The operation of my invention is as follows: With the hand hold of thehandle, the thumb resting'upon the lever D, setthe hooks over thearticle to be raised, as denoted in fig. 2, and depress the lever untilthe hooks grasp the plate, then, holding the handle, the plate may beraised and removed at pleasure.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful,and desire-to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the handle A, thc lever I), and hooked arms C, (threeor more,) constructed and operating substantially in the manner asherein set forth. i

JOI-IN B. WILLETT,

Witnesses:

JAMns ATKINSON,

